Program Director of Al-Shabaka, Engaged Scholar, Global Citizen

Persistent Failure: World Bank Policies for the Occupied Palestinian Territories

The recent World Bank growth report frankly concludes that the Palestinian economy is fragile and dependent on foreign aid: No surprises there. Far more surprising – not to say shocking – are the Bank’s irrelevant and sometimes harmful recommendations, as Al-Shabaka Program DirectorAlaa Tartirand Guest AuthorJeremy Wildemanreveal in this compelling analysis. The Bank’s prescriptions are all the more worrying given the influence it exercises over the donor community’s approach to Palestinian development.

Persistent Failure: World Bank Policies for the OPT, co-authored with Jeremy Wildeman, Al-Shabaka Policy Brief, October 2012. Click here to read the paper.